Announcements
WVU Cancer Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
Please join us for the 2021 WVU Cancer Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program Symposium on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2 - 4 p.m. in the Cancer Center Hoylman Atrium. We will have short poster-style presentations of seven undergraduate students working in the Cancer Institute labs over the summer.
Public Health, Cancer Institute researcher appointed to WHO Development Group to advance rehabilitation as a priority health strategy
With an increase in the number of people living with chronic disease, the World Health Organization has identified rehabilitation as a priority healthy strategy for the 21st century and, to help lead that strategy, a West Virginia University researcher.
Van Liere Research Conference postponed
The Office of Research and Graduate Education had originally planned to host the Van Liere Research Conference August 9-12, 2021, but unfortunately, the timing did not work for all groups of scientists.
Telehealth pilot program shows promise in helping former nursing home, long-term care facility residents remain safe and healthy in their homes
Transitioning home after a stay in a nursing home or long-term care facility can be a difficult experience, oftentimes leading to hospitalization or reinstitution. But preliminary results from a new West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs pilot program shows that telehealth can help these individuals remain healthy and happy in their own communities.
WVCTSI at WVU designated as one of only eight ECHO Superhubs in the U.S.
The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute Project ECHO program has been spreading specialty care knowledge across the Mountain State for five years. Building upon its success, the project can now lend resources and expertise to health providers beyond West Virginia with its recent designation as an ECHO Superhub – one of only eight in the United States and 18 worldwide.
As CBD oil sales hit the gas, WVU researcher studies its effects on driving performance
The widespread use of CBD oil is so new that scientists don’t yet understand all of the ways it affects drivers. Toni Marie Rudisill—a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Public Health—is recruiting participants for a new study into whether and how CBD oil impairs driving ability.
WVU researchers find disparities among COVID-19 testing, positivity rates in Black communities and communities with food insecurity
In studying COVID-19 testing and positivity rates in West Virginia between March and September 2020, West Virginia University researchers found disparities among Black residents and residents experiencing food insecurity.
Diabetes-prevention program supports addition of 4.4 quality-adjusted years to participant average lifespan
In a new study, West Virginia University School of Public Health researchers found that taking part in a year-long diabetes-prevention program supports the addition of 4.4 quality-adjusted life-years to participants’ average lifespan.
WVU researchers study the effects of vaping during pregnancy
Spurred by unproven assumptions that vaping is safer than smoking cigarettes, a team at West Virginia University is conducting a three-year study on the effects of vaping during pregnancy.
Too much, too little or just right: WVU researchers study proper ‘dosing’ of telehealth
More than ever, patients are using telehealth to ask doctors and nurses about worrying blood-pressure readings, nauseating migraines and stubborn foot ulcers. But for patients with chronic conditions, how frequent should telehealth appointments be? Can that frequency change? Under what conditions?